Your Apple Watch is more than just a watch. It also uses your weight, height, age, and sex to calculate how far you travel during the day and how many calories you burn. But to get the most accurate data, you need to update your health info.
To update your weight on the Apple Watch, go to the Apple Watch app and then navigate to My Watch > Health > Health Details. Tap on ‘Weight’ and adjust the number as needed. You can also update other health details such as height, sex, and age.
In order to get the most from your Apple Watch, it’s crucial to keep the health data up to date. Let’s take a closer look at how to change your weight and other personal info on your watch. We also go over some troubleshooting tips in case you encounter any problems in the process.
How to Update Your Weight on the Apple Watch
You can use your Apple Watch (on Amazon) to log workouts and set fitness goals. However, you’ll need your phone to change your weight. You can do so by updating your health information in the Apple Watch app as follows:
- Open the Apple Watch App on your iPhone.
- Select My Watch.
- Look for Health and tap it.
- Tap the Health Details section and then tap Edit.
- Tap on Weight and then adjust.
- Tap Done.
Alternatively, you can make the changes in your Health App:
- Open the Health App on your iPhone.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Browse.
- Choose Body Measurements.
- The page will present you with your health data.
- Select Weight and then tap Add Data at the top.
- Key in your current weight and tap Add.
You can also update other health details such as height, sex, and birthdate.
How to Change Measurement Units on Your Apple Watch
If you prefer yards to meters or kilojoules to calories, your Apple watch also allows you to change these measuring units. Here’s how to do it:
- On your Apple Watch, open Settings.
- Select Workout.
- Scroll down and tap Units of measure.
- Change the units to whatever you prefer.
You can change your running, walking, and cycling workouts, units of energy, and pool length.
How to Change Fitness Goals on Your Apple Watch
Apple Watch also allows you to change your fitness goals. Here’s how:
- On your Apple Watch, open the Activity App. If you’re using your iPhone, open the Fitness App and tap on your profile pic at the top right corner.
- Scroll down and select Change Goals.
- Your watch will ask you to change your Move goal first. Hit the Plus or Minus icons to adjust the figure. Tap Next if you don’t wish to change it.
- Repeat the same for Stand and Exercise goals.
How to Pause Running and Cycling Workouts Automatically
If you stop during your workout to get a drink or talk to a friend, and your Apple Watch continues recording, then the end results you get will be inaccurate.
Press your watch’s Digital Crown and Side button simultaneously to manually pause your workout. You can also set your watch to pause automatically and resume recording when you resume your workout.
To do this:
- On your Apple Watch, tap the Settings App.
- Select Workout.
- Turn on Auto-Pause.
Troubleshooting Tips
You may experience problems syncing data from your Apple Watch to the Health App on your iPhone. Here are a few troubleshooting tips you can try out if this is the case.
Enable WiFi and Bluetooth
Double-check to ensure that you’ve turned on WiFi and Bluetooth for both your iPhone and Apple Watch. To do this:
- Swipe your screen up/down to open the control center.
- Check that the Bluetooth and WiFi icons are active for your phone.
For Apple Watch:
- Press and hold the bottom of the screen until the Control Center appears.
- Swipe up and confirm that the WiFi and Bluetooth icons are on.
Restart Your Devices
Restarting your device will clear out any glitch causing the problem. Turn off both your iPhone and Apple Watch, wait for a few seconds, and turn them on again. Try updating your health info and see whether it works.
To reboot your Apple Watch:
- Press the Side button until the screen turns off and back on with the Apple logo appearing.
To reboot your iPhone:
- Press and hold the top/side buttons until the Power Off slider appears.
- Swipe the slider to turn it off.
- Wait for a few seconds then press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears.
Turn On Fitness Tracking
Your Apple Watch may not keep track of your workouts because you’ve disabled fitness tracking. Turn it on to fix the problem.
- On your iPhone, open the Health App.
- Tap your profile on top of the screen.
- Select Devices and then tap your Apple Watch.
- Choose Privacy Settings and turn on Fitness Tracking.
Update Software
Bugs in your software may be causing the problem. Check if there are any available software updates and install them on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
To update watchOS from your iPhone:
- Go to Apple Watch App > My Watch > General and tap Software Update.
- Download and install any available update.
Alternatively, on your Apple Watch:
- Go to settings > General > Software Update.
- Download and install any available update.
Here’s how to update your iOS on your iPhone:
- Go to Settings > General > Software Updates.
- Check whether there are any updates available.
- Download and install the updates.
Keep Track of Your Fitness
Apple Watch is a fitness-focused gadget that helps you log your workouts and set your weight — another reason you need to get one if you don’t already have one. Update your health data to ensure your watch accurately counts how many calories you burn and other fitness info.
But to get good data out, you have to put good data in first, so be sure to update your weight in your Apple Watch if it doesn’t already updated automatically via another app. This will help the watch generate better, more trustworthy data about your health and calorie burn/activity from day-to-day.